Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 14 by Michel de Montaigne
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"Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 14" by Michel de Montaigne is a collection of essays written between approximately 1570 and 1592. This volume forms part of Montaigne's groundbreaking work of self-examination, where he records "some traits of my character and of my humours." Through informal, conversational prose mixing learned vocabulary with popular sayings, Montaigne explores topics ranging from the profound to the trivial. His philosophical skepticism questions human certainty and
reason, while his candid introspection inadvertently illuminates universal human nature during France's turbulent Wars of Religion. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592 |
|---|---|
| Editor | Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913 |
| Translator | Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687 |
| Title | Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 14 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essays_(Montaigne) |
| Contents | Of profit and honesty -- Of repentance -- Of three commerces -- Of diversion. |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 48.3 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French essays -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3594 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jan 8, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 480 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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